A sports spectating method is composed of input means (score maker system) such as a mobile terminal capable of electronically inputting states of a sports event successively, the step of successively inputting motions of players and the other information using the input terminal and transmitting their real-time data, filming means for filming the states of the sports event, the step of encoding and transmitting the states of the sports event, means for digitizing the input data and recorded image and sound data, a recording medium such as a data server for storing the digitized real-time data therein, a recording medium such as an image server for storing the digitized image therein, a recording medium such as a sound server for storing the digitized sounds therein, a mobile network system such as PDC or/and PHS and gateway and internet for converting protocol, and a mobile terminal such as a cellular phone with high function and high performance.
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1. A sports spectating method using mobile image communication, comprising: filming the sports live; textually inputting states of the sports sequentially into at least one mobile communication device in a real-time manner, said states including motions of players; digitizing the real-time data including input data and filmed image and sound data; transmitting the digitized data of the sports via a mobile network system or internet to one mobile communication device as requested; displaying on the mobile communication device the transmitted data of the sports as characters, graphics and images, said images including a course of a ball across a field in a top view and a video of a player handling the ball at a time point when a user requesting the video of the ball.
2. The sports spectating method according to claim 1 , wherein the real-time data includes at least one of scores of the sports, a starting time and an ending time of the sports, a name or an ID number of each player, a graphic of a playing field, images of scoreboard, a past winning percentage of teams, past performance data of the players.
3. The sports spectating method according to claim 2 , wherein the sports is a spectator sports.
4. The sports spectating method according to claim 2 , wherein the spectator sports is cricket, ice hockey, basketball, baseball, football, soccer, or golf.
5. The sports spectating method according to claim 1 , wherein the mobile network system complies with at least one of Personal Digital Cellular phone standard (PDC) and Personal Handyphone System (PHS).
6. The sports spectating method according to claim 1 , wherein the mobile communication device is a cellular phone or a personal digital assistant (PDA).
7. The sports spectating method according to claim 2 , wherein at least one graphic is shown on the mobile communication device to display names or ID numbers of selected players in predetermined positions.
8. The sports spectating method according to claim 1 , wherein the sports is filmed with a tape recorder, a camcorder, a digital camera, or the mobile communication device.
9. The sports spectating method according to claim 1 , further comprising encoding the digitized data of the sports in a format for transmitting via the mobile network system or the internet.
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